Three-time SB champion Darian Kinnard traded to Green Bay Packers

The pressure is now on the Green Bay Packers to win Super Bowl LX — you don’t trade for Darian Kinnard if you’re not ready to lift the Lombardi Trophy in February.

It sounds crazy, but the former Kentucky star is one of just two players in NFL history to win three consecutive Super Bowls, joining Ken Norton Jr.’s record with the Dallas Cowboys in 1993 and 1994, then the San Francisco 49ers in 1995. Kinnard won Super Bowls LVII and LVIII with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2023 and 2024, respectively, followed by Super Bowl LIX with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2025.

And he did it all by age 25.

Can he four-peat? That question must now be answered as a Packer, Green Bay trading for Kinnard on Sunday in exchange for a 2027 sixth-round draft pick. This move comes after the Eagles traded for offensive tackle Fred Johnson earlier in the day.

The 2022 fifth-round pick has only played in three career games, but offensive line depth is an issue for Green Bay and Kinnard can play either guard or tackle, opening the door for a plug-and-play addition for the franchise — one that has won at the highest level every step of the way.

“It’s not where we want it to be,” Packers offensive line coach Luke Butkus said of the depth last week.

Kinnard was the primary backup to Jordan Mailata and Lane Johnson in Philadelphia, playing 71 offensive snaps this past season — three at left guard and 68 at right tackle — while allowing just three pressures and one sack. He played in one game for the Chiefs in 2022, then two for the Eagles in 2024. He was expected to make Philly’s 53-man roster, and now, will almost certainly do the same for Green Bay. He will be a restricted free agent for the Packers next summer and will make $1.03 million in 2025.

Primarily playing right tackle, Kinnard finished his Kentucky career with 39 consecutive starts. Throughout his tenure, he paved the way for Benny Snell to become the school’s all-time leading rusher. He earned All-SEC honors as a junior before transforming into a Consensus All-American as a senior, just the 12th in school history and first offensive lineman since Sam Ball in 1965. An all-time great, he capped off his career with a second Citrus Bowl victory and the 2021 Jacobs Blocking Trophy, given to the top offensive lineman in the SEC.

Now, he’s looking for his fourth Super Bowl ring in Green Bay.